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Omega Hunter posted...

Antifar posted...

A lot of people are unwilling or unable to recognize the ways in which culture has historically been made to cater to people like them. That's viewed as the default, rather than the product of choices. A change in that, though, is felt as being a conscious decision.

Are you seriously saying that heterosexuality which the VAST majority of people are, and which is literally required for the human race to continue to exist shouldnt be considered the norm?

Where did he say that?

What do you mean by 'considered the norm' and why does that mean not referencing it anywhere?
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It wasn't just Kaiden. People also whined about Steve.

They also whined about Dorian in Dragon Age Inquisition.

The complaints were always "These characters are defined by being gay and it's forced on me" which has always been ridiculous.

These same people would never criticize a woman solely being in a game to be romanced or have sex with though.
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BignutzisBack posted...

s0nicfan posted...

Crackdown was a good idea quickly replaced by better implementations of the same idea.

That's........ 100% true

Saints Row 4 pretty much has everything Crackdown does thinking about it.
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It was never overly big but the first game sold alright. It was one of the first exclusives of that generation.

Crackdown 2 was a flop though. God knows what's happening with 3. It's like 3 years late at this point. It should have been an early generation exclusive.
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Howl posted...

I think you meant to say a much cheaper and convenient way to play top of the line exclusive games that are always optimized and require no user customization to run flawlessly.

If only
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tennisdude818 posted...

Darmik posted...

I wouldn't rule out Nintendo still making traditional LTTP/Ocarina style Zelda games anyway. There are usually two types of Zelda games each generation.

They might remain top down though.

They should follow the Majora's Mask strategy more often. Reuse some assets and the engine (maybe not quite to the degree as MM because that had to be rushed out before the N64 died) and make a sequel-like game to hold us over during the otherwise 5+ year gap between Zeldas.

I think they'll do a direct sequel to BOTW as well actually. Which they should do for sure. There's a lot more they can do with the formula.
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Banjo2553 posted...

Dragonblade01 posted...

The game industry is better for having games like this and other interactive narratives like the Telltale Games, and even ones without branching narratives like What Remains of Edith Finch.

Yep. People need to get off their high horse and not make people feel bad for liking games like this. Variety makes the industry better. Would you rather have had yet another open-world game?

The weird thing is this stigma doesn't seem to be there for Japanese narrative games like Ace Attorney and Danganronpa.
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I wouldn't rule out Nintendo still making traditional LTTP/Ocarina style Zelda games anyway. There are usually two types of Zelda games each generation.

They might remain top down though.
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Goats posted...

Still in my top 5 games this decade tbh. One of the only AAA games that came out last year that was worth the dosh. I really don't understand where all the hate lately has come from honedge.

There are certain popular things and franchises that will always be divisive on CE. Zelda is one of them.
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Antifar posted...

Darmik posted...

Anyone preorder it to get that sniper mission yet? I think it's playable already.

I'm tempted, but The Crew 2 is already taking up my gaming budget for the month

Yeah I'll probably end up getting the Gold Edition since I'm a crazy Hitman fan but it's ridiculously expensive to get straight away lol
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Anyone preorder it to get that sniper mission yet? I think it's playable already.
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I remember it getting crazy good reviews in March, dominating GOTY awards from November to January and still getting listed as a must-have Switch game.
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Jolee Bindo and HK-47 GOAT Star Wars characters.
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Johnny_Nutcase posted...

HAHA "Now it's time to have some fun"

Yeah i'm sure after a giant shooting rampage everyone is just going to carry on like nothing happened.

It's so the kids don't stress out during drills and when it happens for real they think it's just a drill and won't be scared :(
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Chrono Cross


Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory


They're a bit of a lost art lol
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Darmik posted...

Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Darmik posted...

E3 2014 sure hasn't aged well

http://ign.com/articles/2014/06/10/e3-2014-every-piece-of-news-from-microsofts-e3-2014-press-conference

- Fable Legends Multiplayer Beta Coming Later This Year
- Conker Appearing in Project Spark
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection Announced Alongside Halo 5 Beta
- Phantom Dust Returning at Xbox One Exclusive
- Platinum Games Reveals New Xbox One Exclusive Scalebound
- Xbox One is Getting a New Crackdown

whats wrong with the MCC?

The collection has a lot of issues. Microsoft are basically re-launching it this year and promising to fix them.

does it? Ive only played the campaigns and havent really noticed anything. must be the multiplayer Im guessing?

Yeah I think it's all the coop and multiplayer stuff.
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...

Darmik posted...

E3 2014 sure hasn't aged well

http://ign.com/articles/2014/06/10/e3-2014-every-piece-of-news-from-microsofts-e3-2014-press-conference

- Fable Legends Multiplayer Beta Coming Later This Year
- Conker Appearing in Project Spark
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection Announced Alongside Halo 5 Beta
- Phantom Dust Returning at Xbox One Exclusive
- Platinum Games Reveals New Xbox One Exclusive Scalebound
- Xbox One is Getting a New Crackdown

whats wrong with the MCC?

The collection has a lot of issues. Microsoft are basically re-launching it this year and promising to fix them.
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https://m.windowscentral.com/crackdown-3-launch-date-february-2019

Confirmed. Delayed to Feb 2019.
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Smashingpmkns posted...

WB? Get ready to buy lootboxes for all of your items.

I think IOI still own the IP so hopefully WB are a bit more hands off with a lot of it.

There is already a Silver Edition and Gold Edition thing though. There's also a sniper coop mode.
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

Darmik posted...

Uncharted 4 is the best selling in the series to date

Uncharted 4 was also bundled with every PS4 during their biggest holiday season.

Halo 5 had bundles as well.

And I'm not writing away Halo's sales because of bundle says. It's because you're misunderstanding the spin of Microsoft's PR.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2015/11/04/halo-5-guardians-biggest-halo-launch-in-history/

One week after launching worldwide, Halo 5: Guardians has made history as the biggest Halo launch and fastest-selling Xbox One exclusive game to-date, with more than $400 million in global sales of Halo 5: Guardians games and hardware, pushing the franchise to over $5 billion lifetime. With the highest week one attach rate for a Microsoft first party title on Xbox One, the game was the most played of any game on Xbox One, as well as the most played on Xbox Live.

Fans have logged more than 21 million hours of total gameplay, including 12 million hours in campaign mode alone. The widely praised multiplayer modes have also led to nine million total hours played with nearly seven million multiplayer matches played across Arena and the all-new Warzone mode. In addition, Halo fans are taking to the new Requisition System in a big way, with over 45 million REQ Packs acquired, totaling more than 568 million REQ Cards.

They're not only talking about game sales. They're including the game, the consoles, the controllers, any other Halo branded hardware/accessories and the microtransactions.

They don't say it's the fastest selling Halo game for a reason.

The sad thing is this doesn't even matter. Halo is selling fine. It's past its prime but it's fine. You keep bringing this up because it upsets you for some reason. Microsoft's problem is that they need more than a couple of franchises that peaked last generation
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

Darmik posted...

Halo 5 sold 5 million lifetime as far as we know. Not a couple of weeks after launch.

Uhhh, Halo 5 was literally the biggest launch in the series. I don't know how many times I've told YOU this only to have you hand wave it away because of "bundle sales" and stuff, even though you love to quickly post Uncharted 4 numbers even though it was also bundled with every PS4 for a holiday.

Uncharted 4 is the best selling in the series to date

Halo 5 isn't. It sold around half of Halo 3.
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Youngster_Joey_ posted...

And yet when Halo does it you wave your hands and say it's nothing.

Halo 5 sold 5 million lifetime as far as we know. Not a couple of weeks after launch.

I never said it's nothing either. I said it was down from the previous games. I must have repeated this at least 5 times to you by now.

Youngster_Joey_ posted...

Pretty sure Halo 5 is still making money today because of the REQ packs.

I don't play Forza but don't they have loot boxes too now?

Yes. Uncharted 4 has lootboxes too.
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I hope all the people who said they didn't buy Hitman 2016 because of the episodic model put their money where their mouth is. I really hope this ends up being a success.

50Blessings posted...

Turtlebread posted...

is that sean bean

That's what I was wondering.

It sounds like him but I think it's meant to be that mysterious guy who knows 47 in season 1. I don't think that was Sean Bean.
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HiddenLurker posted...

SwayM posted...

HiddenLurker posted...

SwayM posted...

I forgot the internet loves to hate QD for absolutely no reason.

"Hold down two buttons while pressing "X"" to shake a hand. Not to mention several no fail parts where it didn't matter if you got 100% or 0% of the button prompts....

This is honestly the worst you can come up with?

When that one line is pretty much the entire game. Yes it is.

Except you get entire chapters and scenarios that only are available if you fail button prompts.
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Jiggy101011 posted...

Not only that but when you point out to console warriors that exclusives hardly sell, and most dont make their money back they refuse to acknowledge it. God of War sold 5 million copies to a whopping 70 million console owners, that s*** is embarassing and not something to be happy about.

What? Most games wish they could sell 5 million copies right after launch.

Jiggy101011 posted...

Not when it comes to sales. Most xbox games make more revenue over time because of their games as service than any of Sonys single player only content.

Source?
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Link43130 posted...

I don't know if I'd agree with them bringing PC style FPSes to consoles. When I think PC FPS I think 8-10 weapons at a very fast pace. Halo wasn't that.

That's not to say Halo didn't have a major impact on FPS design, plenty of games after that copied the "two weapons+dedicated grenade and melee buttons" scheme, but I feel like that was more them making a popular console control scheme and that being brought to PC instead of the other way. FPSes feel like they're finally starting to get back to Quake/UT speeds now that people are so comfortable with the standardized controller scheme.

That's a good point.

Maybe making console FPS's into their own thing would be a better way to put it.
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I'm playing through a bunch of demoes on Switch atm and stumbled on one called Metropolis: Lux Obscura.

It's some edgey, shitty puzzler game. But I was pretty surprised when I saw lots of animated boobs in the game. Like a comic panel of a naked tit with jiggle physics. Available on the eShop to download for free.

Nintendo sure is different these days lol.
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Darklit_Minuet posted...

Darmik posted...

Consoles had plenty of FPS games before Halo. Plenty of them were successful.

Most of them had awful controls and level design though.

So they took a problem and made it worse?

That's not something to be commended.

How is making better games making it worse?
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Consoles had plenty of FPS games before Halo. Plenty of them were successful.

Most of them had awful controls and level design though.
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1337toothbrush posted...

The restrictions on data size of patches (not DLC. Come on, work on your reading comprehension skills) was entirely due to Microsoft stupidly making the hard drive not a standard so they could hawk the Core and Arcade versions of the 360, all so they could claim a smaller initial cost (but of cost it'd end up being more expensive in the long run). The restrictions went away as they phase out those models.

I wouldn't really say that was a stupid decision for the time. The Xbox had a built-in hard drive and that just kept the price up. They were keeping their options open so they could shift in either direction and adjust to the market accordingly.

Even with the hard drive accessory it was still quite a bit cheaper than the PS3.
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Out of announced games I think CDProjektRED will steal the show with Cyberpunk.

Square-Enix's Avengers game is a dark horse though. No idea what to expect there.
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It's way more common now but I appreciate all the EU stuff they tend to do with their big first party titles. I can't think of a game that had a prequel book like Halo CE did. I know Sonic and mascot characters had cheesy kids books but that was a proper lore thing and it was a good novel on its own. Hell they even did a Brute Force novel!

I think they popularized the common 'Limited Editions' as well. I remember Halo 2 being the first big one I remember. Around then they weren't that much more expensive (and they certainly weren't limited) and usually just had behind the scenes stuff or lore tidbits. They're all pretty crappy these days though.

I love Alan Wake's one. It came with a cool investigation book thing that tied into the game.
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You're making good progress.

I found the beginning section of REmake (and most of the old school RE's in general) the hardest part of the game. Once you get familiar with the layouts and the stuff that's locked shrinks down it gets a lot easier to wrap your head around.
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Illuminoius posted...

Darmik posted...

What do you mean?

i asked a question, then somehow completely misinterpreted your post upon rereading it and then changed it
what i originally meant to ask: what makes puyo tetris not count as a tetris game?

It's CE. I try my best to avoid people being pedantic.

I remember there being something funky with how the Tetris license worked between Ubi and Sega. Puyo Puyo Tetris wasn't available digitally on PS4 IIRC.
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1337toothbrush posted...

The same policy applied to third-parties. If they wanted to release free content, it'd be considered a "patch". After the first patch, the developers have to pay a substantial sum. Also, a patch couldn't exceed a certain size (and it was a very restrictive size) in order to fit on the memory card for Xbox 360s that didn't have a hard drive. This restriction didn't exist for paid DLC.

Ah fair enough.

I liked how the patches were small on the 360 but it was a different time back then.

I seem to recall Dead Rising and Crackdown had some sort of free DLC back in the day but I don't fully remember how that worked.
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Illuminoius posted...

Darmik posted...

(if Puyo Puyo Tetris counts)

do release dates not count if they weren't in your region first?

What do you mean?
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The visuals look trippy. This looks like it would be a treat in VR.

HylianFox posted...

is Tetris still owned by EA

Aren't the last Tetris games published by Ubisoft and then Sega (if Puyo Puyo Tetris counts)?
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1337toothbrush posted...

Free DLC was rare on the 360. Epic, a major partner, had to beg Microsoft to let them "sponsor" a free map for Gears of War.

Microsoft was the publisher for that game though. You made it sound like you were talking about third parties.
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Trumpo posted...

Sounds like everything PC has been doing for a long a time

That's why the topic title says 'for consoles'

Tyranthraxus posted...

No they were not. EA was always the publisher.

Not when it originally released on the 360 in 2007. That was Microsoft.

1337toothbrush posted...

What Microsoft did was force companies to charge for their DLC, even if they wanted to give it away for free. I'm pretty sure Microsoft is the reason why shitty DLC practices are so rampant. Fuck them.

Both the OG Xbox and 360 had free DLC though
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PMarth2002 posted...

Are we counting alpha/beta early releases? If so, minecraft.

If not, I liked the Stanley Parable demo more than the game.

I guess it counts if you could play it for free!
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I don't care.

I'm tired of these stupid political internet celebrities that people either worship or hate. They're just a waste of time.
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0AbsoluteZero0 posted...

Its too bad the One X has been so lacking in the exclusives department, because I think it blows PS4 away in most other regards, especially the backwards compatibility

It really is a shame.

Microsoft were a pretty good publisher until around 2009.

People forget that they were the original publisher for Mass Effect!
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Some other highlights I've noticed
Batman: Return to Arkham $10.00
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Digital Deluxe Edition $9.00
FINAL FANTASY XV ROYAL EDITION $25.00
Life is Strange: Before the Storm Deluxe Edition $12.50
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Bundle $15.00
RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard Gold Edition $29.99
Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration $18.00
South Park: The Fractured but Whole - Gold Edition $29.70
Titanfall 2 $6.00
Gears of War 4 $19.99
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition $20.00
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- Built-in hard drives
- Universal online account that works across all games
- Indie games
- DLC
- PC architecture that is easier to develop games on
- Custom soundtracks
- Crossplay between console and PC (now crossbuy)
- FPS games (that were more like what was on PC) being popular on consoles
- Now they're doing stuff like BC and emulation that carries over all of your old purchases with better visuals

People give Microsoft a lot of shit but they brought consoles forward 5-10 years compared to what Sony and Nintendo was doing. Even now the Xbox One does things that are forward thinking.
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I absolutely loved the Dead Rising demo. Was fun messing around in it.

I have fond memories of the Abe's Odyssey demo back in the PS1 days too. The CGI into blew my mind.
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I can't think of another first party company who has done this badly with their games in a generation. It's not like they have another platform to support like Sony's piss poor support for the Vita.

For a major game publisher they're doing pretty bad.

The problem isn't even necessarily the games they're publishing. Those games all do their job and serve their niche fine for the most part. But there needs to be more of them.

Closing down studios like Lionhead has really bitten them in the ass.
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E3 2014 sure hasn't aged well

http://ign.com/articles/2014/06/10/e3-2014-every-piece-of-news-from-microsofts-e3-2014-press-conference

- Fable Legends Multiplayer Beta Coming Later This Year
- Conker Appearing in Project Spark
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection Announced Alongside Halo 5 Beta
- Phantom Dust Returning at Xbox One Exclusive
- Platinum Games Reveals New Xbox One Exclusive Scalebound
- Xbox One is Getting a New Crackdown
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Darmik